Tuesday May 23; first walls

We collected enough info Monday to start building walls today… trying to copy___ exactly

Monday Trusses and Septic Tank Delivered

The bed of the semi-trailer slides back on the axels till the tail almost touches the ground, then they drive out from under the load; there are rollers on the bed of the trailer.

Rogers Burgers

One of the better places to eat in Cal-City

Saturday May 20th Poured Slab

After lunch we strip the forms, clean and stack them, and put all of the stakes in the truck to be cleaned up for the next use… 1:45pm sprinkler running to help the slab cure. It was an easy day for us, but we paid a premium for Saturday delivery
By 11:00 am we’re loosening the stakes in the forms.

I was onsite at 5am taping up the joints in the forms, and coating them with diesel. The first truck arrived about 6:10 am.
Rodney and crew from Monterey are very sharp… 48 ½ yards of concrete are in place by 8:45 am

Visitors, remind me of home

Sand spread

Underground completed Sunday

That little pile of sand on the right side there looks a lot bigger when you start moving it with a wheel barrel; at least its still below 100 degrees

Drain system integrity testing

5psi instead of a standpipe for leak test

Island prep-sink vent

Pre-fab Drain Piping

We fabricated the manifolds Friday. The mirrored plan caused a few problems, but it sure beat building it in the trench.

Footings

We got the footings dug and the water line up to the edge of the house last week before I came home to be with Carolyn for her last Chemotherapy treatment.

Proximity of Houses

X is Mark’s 1st house (old design)
1 my 1st house
2 GW
3 Charley
4 Dan
5 my 2nd house (Start May 06)
6 Mark’s 3rd house